Here's the next chapter! Hope you like it! This will be my last one for the weekend… Sorry…

I don't Chrono Cross, and… Aw forget it. Nobody ever reads this anyway…

Chapter 12: Captured

The group began rowing toward the S.S. Invincible with nothing stopping them. On the way there, everybody was talking excitably, "I can't believe you did that! I've never seen anything like that!" Nikki's excitement was a blur in Serge's head. His mind was focused on a blonde girl sitting across from him. Kidd hadn't said a single word since they got on the boat. She hadn't even looked at him. It might have been an illusion in the light and Serge's weariness, but Serge was sure he saw tears on her cheeks. "Lynx ain't gonna stand a chance!" Fargo said with a laugh. Serge ignored it still. He kept his eyes on Kidd. He knew that he saw tears now. Why is she crying? "Serge?" Glenn asked seeing his friend's worry. There was no answer. "Serge?" He asked a little bit louder. Nothing. He sighed and then smiled mischievously. He reached over and pushed Serge off the side of the boat. SPLASH! Kidd raised her head to see Serge pop up out of the water. He was yelling angrily at Glenn, "Glenn! Why do you always do that?!" His questions were met with laughing. Kidd smiled sadly. She thought that Serge was cute when he was angry. Her eyes met Serge's and she felt weak. He couldn't ever destroy the world. It's not possible. Kidd looked into Serge's eyes for a minute longer and then she saw something. It was a fire and passion like no other she had ever seen. A fire and passion that, if used wrongly, could easily make him the most powerful person on the planet. Kidd turned away, she couldn't look into his eyes anymore. They hurt too much. Serge climbed onto the boat, now he was more worried than ever. He saw fear in Kidd's eyes. he had all but forgotten getting revenge on Glenn. Once again, the only thing on his mind was Kidd...

As soon as they boarded the S.S. Invincible, Kidd went below deck to her room. Serge did the same. As he lay in his bed, he wondered what was bothering Kidd. It's not something about me, is it? Kidd would tell me anything important... Right? There was no answer, he hadn't expected one. He sighed, "What am I supposed to do?" Chrono Trigger. Serge jumped, "Who's there?" Chrono Trigger, do not worry. I have not come to fight you this time. Serge looked around the room, he didn't recognize that voice. It's not Doreen or Schala. It doesn't sound like Lynx. It is I, Janus. Serge's eyes widened as he saw some type of purple mist in a dark corner of his room. When the mist cleared, Janus stood there. Serge, instinctively, looked for the Mastermune. "Do not worry, Chrono Trigger. I have not come to harm you." Serge looked at him, "Then why are you here? How are you here?" Janus smiled slightly, "I am a master of Dark Magic. Similar to Lynx's magic." Serge narrowed his eyes. Janus laughed, "I used to be like him too. But... Traveling with Crono changed me." Serge relaxed by about a hair, "I ask you again. Why are you here?" Janus laughed again, "You're not one for small talk, are you? Good. Neither am I. I am here to warn you of something..." Serge waited patiently. Janus smiled his famous invisible smile, "You've heard the prophesies. They say that you will be the destruction of the world. Zeal's prophesies have never been wrong. You will become evil. It is inevitable." Serge stopped him, "Stop. I don't believe that at all. We destroyed fate, remember?" Janus laughed, "You did? Then why is he hiding on the Zenon continent?" Serge's shoulders fell, "I–" Janus laughed again, "FATE is still very much alive. He may not be working very well, but he still lives. You may know this by the way he controlled the hurricane." Serge nodded sadly. "Serge." Serge looked up at him. That was the first time he had ever used his real name. "As I said before, your becoming evil is inevitable. But... Even evil can be changed. I am a walking testimony of that. When the time comes, you must not give up. If you give up then everything is lost." Serge looked down at the ground sadly, "I–I understand... Janus." He looked up to Janus, "If I can't stop the evil... I–I want you to strike me down before I can hurt anybody." Janus didn't reply for several moments. Finally, he sighed, "Yes. If that is your wish, I will comply." Serge smiled sadly, "Okay." Janus turned to leave. Before disappearing, he turned to look at Serge, "Serge." Serge looked up at him. "You should go to my sister. She needs you." And with that, Janus faded.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Serge stood outside Kidd's door knocking. KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! No answer. He jiggled the doorknob. It was locked. "Kidd?" He heard the slightest sound. It sounded like a sob. He sighed, "Sorry, Fargo." He made a fist and promptly punched a hole in the wooden door. From there, he unlocked it and opened it. "Kidd?" Kid was sitting on her bed staring at him. Serge's worried eyes met Kidd's surprised eyes. Kidd's eyes were red and puffy. Serge saw a tear travel down her tear-stained cheek. He walked over to her and sat down next to her. He waited. For a long time, Kidd didn't say anything. She just looked straight forward as if she was afraid to meet Serge's gaze. Only one way to find out if that's true. Serge got up and stood in front of Kidd. From there, he kneeled to where he was eye-level with her. Kidd suddenly found something on the ground interesting to look at. Serge sighed, "Why won't you look at me?" No answer, but Serge saw Kidd's bottom lip quivering. Serge put a finger underneath Kidd's chin and lifted her face to look at him. Kidd's eyes turned away. She's afraid! She's afraid of me! "Kidd?" A tear rolled down her cheek. "Kidd... Please answer me..." Nothing. "Kidd! Why are you acting like this? Why won't you say anything? Won't you even look at me?" Kidd let out a trembling breath and looked into his eyes. Serge smiled warmly at her, "There. Now we're making progress." Kidd didn't answer. "What's wrong, Kidd? What's bothering you?" Kidd let out another trembling breath and spoke, "It–It's about the–the prophesy..." Serge stiffened. Kidd continued slowly, "The prophesy... There was one more part to it that I didn't tell you..."  Serge stared deep into her eyes, "What is it, Kidd?" Kidd hesitated. Finally, "It said... that the person... he would have control over time itself. That he would be able to stop or slow time with ease." Another tear rolled down her cheek, she couldn't hold it in much longer. "Serge. That was the final prophesy that described the person. You have fulfilled them all. All that's left is the results..." Kidd choked and she lost it. Tears flowed freely and she sobbed in Serge's shoulder. Serge just held her for what seemed to be a long time. He was too shocked to do anything else.

It was a long time before Kidd finally composed herself. "Thanks." She said quietly. Serge was silent for a few moments, "Kidd... Janus. He appeared in my room today." That caught Kidd's attention easily, "What do you mean?" Serge sighed, "He appeared in my room. It's as simple as that. He was there to deliver a message to me. He told me... that my becoming evil was inevitable." Kidd looked at Serge intensely. Serge smiled, "He was also there with some words of encouragement. He said that although I couldn't prevent it, I could change it. Go back to the good side, or something like that. He told me that he was a walking testimony of that..." Kidd was crying again, but not in sadness. Not in joy either. She settled for somewhere around the middle of those two extremes. She grabbed Serge and didn't let go. Serge smiled and hugged her back. Serge laughed, "He also told me that you needed me." Kidd laughed along with him, "He's changed a lot from the last time I saw him. The last time I saw him was when he was a cold monster. Now he's giving messages of encouragement. It's amazing." Serge gave Kidd one last squeeze and let go of her. "Yeah. It is amazing. He said that his traveling with Crono did that to him." Kidd laid her head on Serge shoulder, and he put an arm around her. "So. After this whole mess is cleared up, what do you think you're going to do?" Kidd thought about it for a moment, "I don't really know. I haven't thought much about it." Serge smiled nervously. This was it. "Kidd..." Kidd looked up at him, "Yeah, mate?" Serge got off of the bed and kneeled to eye-level in front of her again, "I–I need to ask you something." Kidd just looked at him with confusion showing in her eyes, "What is it, Serge?" Serge let out his breath slowly, "I–I love you. You know that." Kidd's eyes widened. Is he– "I know I don't have a ring or anything, but..." He took Kidd's into his own. He looked deeply into her eyes, "Will you... Would you... Marry me?" Kidd eyes widened and she nearly started hyperventilating. Marry him?! He's asking this now? It's too early, I don't know! Say yes. What?! Well, you love him don't you? Of course I do! Then just say yes! But I don't think I'm ready! "Kidd?" Kidd jumped. She looked back into Serge's hopeful eyes, "I–I mean..." Serge sighed, "You don't have to answer now. I know that it's a hard decision. Whenever you feel you're ready..." Kidd didn't reply. She was in shock. Kidd! What are you doing? Shut up, Schala! Schala took control of Kidd's mouth,

"Yes." Serge looked into Kidd/Schala's eyes, "Thanks, Schala, but I want Kidd to answer." Schala was dumbfounded. How did he know that was me? I did a perfect imitation... Kidd laughed in her mind. Serge's full of surprises... Serge took his hands off of Kidd's hands, "I told you that you could answer me later. I understand if you don't feel ready. I don't know if I'm ready yet! But... I love you..." New tears formed in Kidd's eyes. Serge stood up, "I'm going to get some sleep. Think about it..." Kidd nodded absent-mindedly. Serge smiled and turned to leave. "Serge! Kidd! Get up here!" Serge heard Glenn yell from the top of the stairs that led above deck. He sighed, "Or not..." He gave Kidd one last reassuring smile and walked out the door. Kidd looked at the empty doorway. Multiple tears fell down her cheeks and splashed onto the floorboards. She snapped out of her daze and got up, "I guess I'd better go..." She walked out of the room.

Kidd gasped at the sight that she saw when she walked up the stairs. They were traveling through a canyon. Water poured down the canyon walls at deadly speeds. Mist from the waterfalls was everywhere making it hard to see. Through her limited sight, Kidd could see two rainbows spanning the canyon walls. They were traveling through El Nido Canyon. The canyon served as a border between El Nido and the rest of the world. She absent-mindedly walked to stand next to Serge. Serge's mouth had dropped a long time ago, and it still hadn't moved. He had never seen anything like this! "It's... beautiful!" Kidd said in awe. Serge still didn't move. "Hold on! Rough waters ahead!" Fargo yelled. He was right. The canyon walls got closer together up ahead. This caused the water to churn violently. SPLASH! A wave hit the side of the boat. The boat shook violently. Serge grabbed onto Kidd to stop her from falling overboard. The next wave sent them both falling onto the deck. Serge chuckled softly at the irony. Beautiful and dangerous. Just like Kidd.

SPLASH! Fargo could barely stop the huge ship from careening into the deadly falling water. SPLASH! "Come on..." He gritted his teeth. "Almost there..." SPLASH! The end of the canyon was in sight. SPLASH! The S.S. Invincible rocketed out of the canyon and into the ocean. A collective cheer arose from the deck of the ship. Nikki patted his father on the back, "You did it again, Dad." Fargo laughed, "Was there any doubt?"

It was another day before they saw land. In this day, Kidd and Serge had not said one word to each other. They both mostly stayed in their respective rooms. Right now, Serge was up on the main deck looking out across this strange new sea. Glenn walked up to him and stood by him. There was silence for a few minutes. Finally, "So... How are you and Kidd? I haven't seen you two together at all today." Serge chuckled quietly, "It's my fault... I–" He hesitated. Glenn looked at him, "You what?" Serge looked at his best friend, "I kinda... asked her to marry me after all of this was finished..." Glenn's eyes widened, "Wh–What?! You... asked her to marry you?" Serge nodded. Glenn's eyes widened even more then he laughed, "I never thought you had it in you, buddy." Serge laughed also, "Yeah. I know what you mean." Serge saw land., "Hey! We're almost there!" Glenn looked to the land and sneered, "Porre..."

"Bring her in nice and soft! No! We're going too fast! Slow down!" CRASH! "Aw, man... That's coming out of your paychecks!" The crewmen groaned. Serge laughed at the fuming Fargo. He looked at the city that they had arrived at. It was the capital of Porre. Its name was also Porre. From the boat, he could see thousands of people milling around. Some were now coming to see the large ship that had just arrived. In the small crowd that was forming, Serge could also see the blue uniforms of Porre soldiers. The exit ramp was lowered. "Let me handle this, boys." Fargo said with a reassuring smile. He walked down first and started explaining why he had docked without permission, "We've been on the sea for weeks. We had lost our compass and we were lost. We were running dangerously low on provisions and we needed restocking." Before the Porre sergeant could reply, screams erupted from the crowd. Mostly from the teenage women. Nikki stepped down off of the ramp with Miki next to him. At the sight of Miki most of the men began drooling. Nikki silenced the crowd with a motion with his hands, "Sorry. No time for autographs, we're in a hurry." The crowd was visibly disappointed. "As you see, we're carrying some pretty important people." Fargo said. The sergeant snorted, "I wouldn't call a teenage rock star important. But... I'm feeling good today, so I'll give you twelve hours. If your boat is still there after that..." The sergeant trailed off as he saw the next few people walking off of the boat. Fargo turned to look also and he cursed silently. Serge, Glenn, Karsh, Ana, and Kidd were all walking down the ramp. "Is that..." The sergeant's eyes widened, "That's Sir Glenn and Sir Karsh! Spies!" He looked back to Fargo, "I am placing you under arrest for transporting spies. If you resist, I will be forced to use force." At the sight of the other soldiers around him, Fargo decided against resisting. The sergeant turned to his subordinates, "Seize the passengers!" One soldier looked up at him, "All of them?" The sergeant was fuming, "Yes! All of them!" The soldiers all nodded and ran to the boat.

Serge's eyes widened when he saw the soldiers running to him. He cursed. The first one arrived and pointed a gun at the group, "You're all under arrest. If you resist, you will lose." Serge smirked and looked at Glenn. Glenn laughed loudly, "We'll lose? I'm afraid that you will be the losers." Serge looked at Ana, "Get them with some lightning. Don't kill them though." Ana nodded and her eyes turned yellow. The first soldier pulled the hammer on his gun back. The others imitated him. FLASH! The first soldier yelled out. FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! The soldiers were all knocked unconscious. Serge smirked, "That was easy." Serge heard a familiar click. He looked at the crowd. Nearly all of them had guns. His eyes widened as he desperately looked for a way out. There wasn't one. He cursed, "I guess we're stuck." The Porre sergeant walked up to him, "Surrender your weapons." Serge smirked, "Okay." The Mastermune clattered loudly on the ground. The others' weapons fell in similar fashion. "Okay. Put your hands above your heads." They complied. The sergeant signaled for some of the other soldiers to come and help him with the weapons. The sergeant bent down to pick up the Mastermune. FLASH! He was thrown back. A gun was leveled at Serge's head. Serge sighed and mentally told Doreen to stop. The sergeant signaled for one of the soldiers to pick it up instead of him. The soldier did what he was told do. He picked up the Mastermune with ease. "Move." The sergeant said. Serge could see Nikki and the others being rounded up also. Something caught his eye. Bob flew overhead. He smiled, they would be out soon enough...

A dark figure stood on top a building not too far away from where everything was happening. Janus looked at the group of people being loaded into a large trailer. He cursed. This will slow them down. He looked up and saw Bob flying overhead. Or not... With a flash, Janus disappeared.

A girl, her face covered with face paint, watched as the trailer drove off, "Serge..." She heard a shuffling sound on the roof of a nearby building. She looked up, the bells on her two-colored hat jingled as she did so. She saw nothing. "Hmm..."

The trailer shook as it ran over a large pothole. Other than that, there was silence in the trailer. There were three Porre soldiers sitting together near the front of the trailer. One of them was the sergeant. The sergeant got up and walked over to Glenn, "Why are you here?" Glenn didn't answer, he just stared straight ahead. The sergeant growled softly, " I asked, why are you here? Are you a spy?" No answer. The sergeant brought a gloved hand back and back-handed Glenn across the face. Ana jumped up, but a look from Glenn sat her back down. Glenn rubbed his cheek, "We're not here as spies." WHACK! The sergeant back-handed him again, "Stop lying to me!" He moved in to kick the downed Glenn. "Stop." Serge said forcefully. The sergeant stopped from kicking Glenn and walked over to Serge instead, "What?" Serge looked into the sergeant's eyes, "I said to stop." The sergeant narrowed his eyes and brought his hand back. Serge took the blow with ease. He raised an eyebrow at the astonished sergeant. The sergeant tried it again, but this time, Serge dodged it. The sergeant growled and started throwing punches wildly. They all missed. "Stop moving!" The sergeant commanded. Serge dodged another punch. CLICK! The sergeant's gun was pointed at his head. The sergeant smirked and brought his hand back. WHACK!

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There you go! How'd you like it? As I said earlier. That's my last one for a little while. So… Bye!!!

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--Ben